9 replies to this topic

[404]

Former TNA Wrestler Jesse Neal joined Steve Gerweck of Gerweck.net to speak what led to his release from TNA, his stance on the wars against terrorism and conspiracies.

On his release from TNA:
"I'm the one that initiated the release and let the nerves settle I just had to stay positive. So i just initiated the release and i'm staying positive hoping for bigger and better things.

As everyone knows, they wanted me to go to OVW. I'm perfectly OK with that. Had no problem going to OVW. I defnitely looked forward to it. I asked some questions about going there. We didn't see eye to eye on things. They wanted me to train six days a week and perform 3 days a week. That's great. I always told them i wanted to stay busy. The next question was, how much money. We definitely didn't see eye to eye on that part. I didn't have the money to make the move."

On What he was told during TNA's request to move to OVW for training:
I was more surprised by the comments they said to me when requesting me to move to OVW. Bruce Prichard basically came up to me and said " unfortunately Jesse, you dont have a look, a body or the training for this business.". For someone who has been in the company for this long and suddenly tell me that, it hurt. It didn't hurt my ego but it hurt as a person. Granted I'm new to the business but i felt i accomplished a lot in the business. I worked for TNA for just under 3 years. I would walk back through the curtain and I would get comments about tweaking something in a match or promo but never something like that. Nobody ever came up to me and said you need to work on your look and stuff like that. I thought i had a big enough Mohawk. I didn't know I needed a bigger one."

In the second half of the interview Neal confirms that he has been visiting FCW, in hopes of getting signed by the WWE:
"Of course, I'm definitely anticipating a phone call. With a big company like that there's alot of planning. Just waiting for that phone call. When i get that call, trust me, everybody will know about it."


Neal also spoke about his anti-war stance, how he believes the media is full of lies, and global conspiracy theories. Neal also believes that the US government is intentionally killing innocent people abroad. He also states that following the first half of his interview, the federal government froze his bank account.

[PornWeed]

does he really think the wwe will give him a call lol

[GaTechGrad]

I thought he had the look and build, but he didn't have the charisma or mic skills. It's also hard to sell him as an old fashioned American hero with those types of views of the U.S. government. He could have ended up being a Hacksaw Jim Duggan or Sgt Slaughter type character.

[Zeppelin4]

PornWeed, on 04 February 2012 - 05:39 PM, said:

does he really think the wwe will give him a call lol

They're going to give him a call alright, a call by the WWE's lawyers tell him to stay the fuck away from here.

[Zeppelin4]

GaTechGrad, on 04 February 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

I thought he had the look and build

I don't know about a look, I mean come on he looked like some I made for shits and giggles in CAW in my old copy of Here Comes the Pain.

[PornWeed]

Zeppelin4, on 04 February 2012 - 05:50 PM, said:

I don't know about a look, I mean come on he looked like some I made for shits and giggles in CAW in my old copy of Here Comes the Pain.

[JulesTNA]

I think perceptions can differ over a matter of time, always, so I mean sure right now at the moment Jesse righteously isn't the guy who has the build, look, or charisma but I believe that Jesse has the strong will to go out there and reverse what people perceive of him. I think Jesse still has a future in this industry because of his age. So I don't think it's too late for him to give up on what he's been working at for years after getting told by some knucklehead who spent years working over at WWF/WWE, Bruce Prichard. I love Jesse as an individual and hope the best of luck for his future. I highly doubt that he's going to get a phone call back right away from FCW or TNA but if he ever does then great for him.

[teambadazz]

Oh boy please i hope Prichard doesnt have that Vince McMahon "bodybuilder look" mentality cause that will hurt Tna more than help...but i did like jesse neal but he obviously needed help with his mic and in ring skills but it didnt bother me too much especially in a tag team...his look was fine for me but again im not head of talent so...WWE calling? i hope he gets the chance but idk he doesnt exactly screams cookie-cutter like WWE likes

[Fenris]

That's some poor tact on Pritchard's part that i'm sure threw Neal into a defensive position right out the gate. He's a young guy still new in the business, it would have been more productive to come up with an idea and saying "hey Jesse, I wanna get you in the gym more and tweak your physique a little and get you some more experience under your belt. Then we'll tweak your gimmick a bit and do some really cool stuff."

[WILDMVS]

It's the wrestling business. If the head writer doesn't like you, he has the power to burry you. If he gives you advice, by all means you should take it. But, with all that Jesse was going through, it wasn't worth it.

I don't think he will be in the WWE though.

Edited by WILDMVS, 05 February 2012 - 03:05 AM.